How to Install and Uninstall runit Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "runit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install runit on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                runit
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "runit" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall runit on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                runit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the runit package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: runit
Version: 2.1.2-25
Installed-Size: 386
Maintainer: Dmitry Bogatov
Architecture: amd64
Depends: runit-helper (>= 2.8.1~), sysuser-helper (<< 1.4), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: runit-sysv | runit-init | runit-systemd
Description: system-wide service supervision
Description-md5: 982e205c57d3ce4385bd66ca3a2707e2
Homepage: http://smarden.org/runit/
Tag: admin::boot, admin::configuring, interface::daemon, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/runit/runit_2.1.2-25_amd64.deb
Size: 111864
MD5sum: c5ed2a2b8c758fdedbae7961b72552b4
SHA256: 4157bedc1238349b61552b1441cfc7994f6f9806df7d5494cd0c42663163281d